“The Liberating Quality of Avant-Garde Art” - Timothy R. Quigley

Modern Art: Basic Assumptions, Definitions, and QualificationsSocial History of ArtAs a social historian, Schapiro believes that human experience isshaped by the• political,• economic, and• social conditions of life.It follows that we must understand whatever human beings do, think, andmake — individually and collectively — in relation to these forces.When Schapiro talks about “modern life” and “the present time”, he paysclose attention to the complex factors that both distinguish this periodfrom, and relate it to, other historical moments.Tuesday, February 7, 2012